Waverley Root

Waverley Lewis Root (April 15, 1903, in Providence, Rhode Island – October 31, 1982 in Paris) was an American journalist and writer. Root authored the classic The Food of Italy on Italy and its regional cuisines.[1]

Root was a news correspondent for over 30 years; in 1969 he retired from daily journalism.[2] He was the Paris correspondent for the Chicago Tribune and then the Washington Post. His books and writings focused on food.